The Medical School’s Mission and the Population’s Health Medical Education in Canada, The United Kingdom, The United States, and Australia

Synopsis

Medical schools exist as part of a complex educational and health care sys­ tem with affiliations to universities, teaching hospitals, outpatient clinics, students, and communities. Those of us who serve as trustees and volunteers on boards and commit­ tees of medical schools carry obvious responsibilities for the performance of the institution with regard to those affiliations, including those that relate to the community. By what criteria, and by what standards, do we as trustees assess that performance? For trustees of medical schools, I suggest that the most im­ portant criteria are those concerned with the purpose for which the school was originally established and those that relate to the community that sup­ ports it and is served by it. For a medical school performance criteria should be defined in a statement of purpose: the "mission" of the school. This mission statement should pro­ vide trustees with direction on such vital matters as the following: What does the medical school seek to accomplish? Whom does it serve? Where is it going? What is the relationship to the geographic region or other community that it may seek to serve? Such questions are stated more easily than they are answered, but they should be asked. For trustees who are responsible for the education of stu­ dents, the management of faculty, and the stewardship of funds they are a matter of serious concern.

Book details

Edition:

1992

Author:

Julia E. Connelly, Kerr L. White

ISBN:

9781461391890

Related ISBNs:

9780387977331

Publisher:

Springer New York

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2020-12-27

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

1992

Copyright by:

Springer-Verlag Wien 2012 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Education, Medicine, Nonfiction